Honestly, I think more people feel the way you do, than the way I do, about audiobooks! I got into audiobooks when I was still in Germany and discovered them as an amazing way to get access to English language books I wouldn't have had otherwise. And then it solidified into a huge habit because I spend so much of my time anyway lying around not feeling well and not feeling able to do anything...so I might as well at least be lying around and listening to audiobooks. With the result that I tear through an alarming number of them.
Yeah, I'm not sure how much I would have on my shelves that you haven't already read; but I'll do a little brainstorm of stuff I can recommend that either I have or the library has as ebooks – it'll be a fun challenge :-) Would you consider audiobooks at all if they're either 1) fun, short things or 2) stuff you can't get any other way right now? It's okay if not! Just checking my parameters. And just to confirm I understand my brief, sounds like you'd like:
-YgAy -especially good fantasy -especially good narrative nonfiction
And I do recommend Dorothy L. Sayers! If you started the series but didn't get far, then you had the same experience I did the first time I tried. Because people love this series with a deathly passion...but nobody told me that the deathly-passion-worthy elements don't come in until later in the series. The early books are fine, but if you're reading everything through in order, really it's so you can get to Gaudy Night and have it feel really, really earned. Bonus is that if you start catching up the series, you can listen along to the great podcast about it!
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Yeah, I'm not sure how much I would have on my shelves that you haven't already read; but I'll do a little brainstorm of stuff I can recommend that either I have or the library has as ebooks – it'll be a fun challenge :-) Would you consider audiobooks at all if they're either 1) fun, short things or 2) stuff you can't get any other way right now? It's okay if not! Just checking my parameters. And just to confirm I understand my brief, sounds like you'd like:
-YgAy
-especially good fantasy
-especially good narrative nonfiction
And I do recommend Dorothy L. Sayers! If you started the series but didn't get far, then you had the same experience I did the first time I tried. Because people love this series with a deathly passion...but nobody told me that the deathly-passion-worthy elements don't come in until later in the series. The early books are fine, but if you're reading everything through in order, really it's so you can get to Gaudy Night and have it feel really, really earned. Bonus is that if you start catching up the series, you can listen along to the great podcast about it!